Table 3

Personal protection methods applied at household level
Method
 %
Applied
 χ2 Test




Village
 Age
 Gender
 Education
 Occupation
 Religion
Untreated mosquito net
 34.9
 0.000
 0.849
 0.502
 0.552
 0.090
 0.162
Treated Mosquito net
 57.2
 0.002
 0.077
 0.037
 0.000
 0.090
 0.203
Insecticide spray
 5.9
 0.067
 0.846
 0.363
 0.089
 0.000
 0.548
Preventive medicine
 11.5
 0.291
 0.631
 0.091
 0.610
 0.148
 0.716
Screen windows & doors
 3.3
 0.017
 0.889
 0.296
 0.318
 0.701
 0.895
Light fire/Coils
 21.1
 0.000
 0.866
 0.372
 0.278
 0.076
 0.318
Skin repellents
 1.6
 0.600
 0.895
 0.795
 0.604
 0.488
 0.947
Traditional methods
 7.9
 0.018
 0.651
 0.301
 0.854
 0.368
 0.093

Ng'ang'a et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:146   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-146

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